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  Women - do you love being around men?

  by Mr Ben in

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  women - do you love being around men?

  i only ask because i realise that for over 20 years i just love being around women.

  it's not just for sexual reasons either, though that's important sometimes, i just really like being around women.

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  To the Christians...

  by VoidEater in

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  to the christians on the board:.

  thank you for living up to the best your beliefs have to offer.

  with very few exceptions, my flailings and rantings as i refine my own "truth" have been greeted with patience and kindness, or kindly ignored.. i do not foresee that i will ever return to a belief system that you hold dear, yet i do respect your beliefs - and appreciate your insights.

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  What's Your View Of Jehovah's Witnesses As Individual Persons?

  by minimus in

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  do you think they make the best parents?.

  the best children?.

  the best workers?.

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  My tomb stone

  by mouthy in

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  2. experiences

  thursday i bought my stone.

  they lay it in 6 weeks.

  cost me $1 thousand 500 dollars.

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  Are Believers Truly Humble?

  by serotonin_wraith in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you are non religious, do you still feel those with religion show a higher level of humility than others in society?.

  on the face of it, i feel most would answer in the affirmative.. but breaking it down, i find it harder and harder to accept.

  in fact, i'd call it the opposite of humility.

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  Will Women Eventually Start Being Used As Servants?

  by White Dove in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as the men in the congregations suffer from burnout and quit helping out as ms and elders, do you think the situation of shrinkage will become so desperate that the wts will be forced to start using women in positions of authority?

  they have a huge commodity that they are refusing to use.

  that makes no sense at all.

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  Are we hyper-sensitised to JW changes? Do we exaggerate their importance?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

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  sometimes i think we lose all perspective at times on here.

  that we are just as prone to over-magnifying any meaning behind relatively minor changes like this in the organisation in the same way jw's are prone to over exaggerate every bit of bad news in the world to mean armageddon is near.. when you sit down in the cold light of day, this change to the bookstudy arrangement for example, is it really that much a big deal?

  i strongly doubt it really, despite initial reactions (including my own).

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  JW's from "The World" have a easier time going "Back Out Into The World"?

  by BBOARD in

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  2. friends

  we all know how hard it is, usually, for those rasied in the truth to readjust "outside in the world" once they leave ... so not to undermine them (esp.

  for those who came in later in life - regardless of how many times from the podium you were instructed not to "leave the love you had at first" many of you are here because you found out the "truth about the truth" whether it was the people or doctrine or combination ... and were willing to open your mind, realize the "truth about the truth" and leave.

  not to undermine all those years and mind numbing propaganda you endured in the jw's, but i have always felt: .

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  Please Share your Experiences of Abusive Judicial Committee Meetings

  by flipper in

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  i had noticed on the board recently of several posters mentioning what they , or someone they know has gone through being brought before a jehovah's witness judicial committee - so i thought it would be good to share experiences so we all can get an idea of what has worked for some of you in dealing with it , and also methods to use when dealing with the elders , and it might open some lurkers eyes to the injustices suffered by many - which by the way usually isn't discussed in the rank and file witnesses .

  many of you know my experience - so i will be brief.

  long story short i was inactive for 3 and a half years , scripturally free to remarry , had not attended meetings for that long.

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  Any Circuit or District Overseers That Made An Impression On You?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i used to enjoy do paul illingsworth's talks.

  he thought he was a greek scholar.. anyone that you liked (or didn't)?.

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